Loring Air Force Base (IATA: LIZ, ICAO: KLIZ) was a United States Air Force installation in northeastern Maine, near Limestone and Caribou in Aroostook...
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Loring International Airport is the operational name of the airfield at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine, United States. It is currently...
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The 42nd Air Base Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air University of Air Education and Training Command. It is stationed at Maxwell-Gunter...
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After his death, Loring was awarded the Medal of Honor and made the namesake of Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine. Charles Loring Jr. was born on...
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Loring Air Force Base is a former census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Limestone in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. It was the site of...
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Plattsburgh Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC) base covering 3,447 acres (13.7 km2) in the extreme northeast...
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The Loring Air Force Base Alert Area is a former alert area for B-52 Stratofortress aircraft of the 42d Bombardment Wing situated at the former Loring Air...
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The Loring Air Force Base Double Cantilever hangar (officially known as Building 8280) is the largest structure at the former Loring Air Force Base, now...
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1951 until its absorption into Loring Air Force Base in 1962. It was located in Limestone, Maine, adjacent to Loring. Between 1951 and 1962 Caribou was...
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Presque Isle International Airport (redirect from Presque Isle Army Air Field)
Naval Air Station Brunswick runway 1R/19L, 8000'), and fifth longest overall (after the Loring Commerce Centre, formerly Loring Air Force Base (runway...
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The town is best known for being the home of the Loring Commerce Centre (formerly Loring Air Force Base; also lying on its former territory is the Aroostook...
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located in Aroostook County near Limestone. Developed from the former Loring Air Force Base which closed in 1994, it is home to over 20 employers with more...
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former U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavík, Iceland Loring Global, former Loring Air Force Base, Maine, USA MacDill Global, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, USA...
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(disestablished) Loring Air Force Base Lowry Air Force Base Marine Corps Air Station Tustin Myrtle Beach Air Force Base Naval Air Station Chase Field Naval Air Station...
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on August 16 and 17, 1997, close to the Canada–US border at the Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine. The event was named after a quote from the...
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The Loring Military Heritage Center, near Limestone, Maine and named for pilot Charles J. Loring, Jr., was founded in 2005 by prior service military personnel...
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successful launch of their Stardust series of rockets at Loring Commerce Centre (formerly Loring Air Force Base) on January 31, 2021. Afterwards, other planned...
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Limelite (category Loring Air Force Base)
The Limelite was a broadsheet weekly newspaper that served Loring Air Force Base from 1953 to 1994. Mentions online Images of select covers of Limelite...
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Mole hole (category United States Air Force)
Bay (Nunavut, Canada) "Loring Air Force Base, Alert Area" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Loring Air Force Base: Library of Congress. Retrieved...
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New Mexico Loring Air Force Base, Maine McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington Wendover Air Force Base, Utah Those bases...
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Air Force Base, Canal Zone, (Closed 1997) France Air Force Base, Canal Zone, (Closed 1949) Howard Air Force Base, Canal Zone, (Closed 1999) Ramey Air...
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Florida, a purpose-built landing strip. Landings also occurred at Edwards Air Force Base in California, and one took place at White Sands Space Harbor in New...
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held their second festival, The Great Went, over two days at the Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine, near the Canada–United States border. In October...
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"SAC Bases: Loring Air Force Base". Strategic-Air-Command.com. Retrieved August 3, 2018. Earth Tech, Inc. (1994). "Loring Air Force Base" (PDF). Historic...
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Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker (redirect from United States Air Force Flight W05)
Loring Air Force Base due to an excessive sink rate, killing one of 17 on board. 9 May 1962 USAF KC-135A, 56-3618, crashed on takeoff from Loring Air...
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Chanute Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force facility, located in Champaign County, Illinois, south of and adjacent to Rantoul, Illinois...
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Loring Highway, part of U.S. Route 1 in Maine HMS Loring (K565), a British frigate in commission in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1945 Loring Air Force...
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Douglas C-124 Globemaster II (redirect from US Air Force C-124A (49-0244))
Military Airlift Wing 23 March 1951: A C-124A 49-0244 flying from Loring Air Force Base to RAF Mildenhall reported a fire in the cargo crates, signaling...
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United States to Europe. The 1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended the closure of the Loring Air Force Base, and it closed in 1994. During...
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miles (2.4 km) at the Loring Timing Association's Land Speed Race, at the Loring Commerce Centre (the former Loring Air Force Base) in Limestone, Maine...
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